---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hunting license; trip hunting license for residents."
description: "Hunting license; trip hunting license for residents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1621"
citation: "Virginia HB 1621 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Game", "Inland Fisheries and Boating", "Hunting Laws and Permits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-10-09"
last_action: "2019-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edd4064c-9ffa-417f-af9a-9e87e4db97d9"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1621"
source_hash: "71c806c1acd916c4a4f166da82e6becf30e479acd8420f1f4a940d135cd96cf1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1621 (2019) — Hunting license; trip hunting license for residents.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0147)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0147)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1621ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1621ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100458D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1621)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
- Cheryl B. Turpin — cosponsor (person)
- Debra H. Rodman — cosponsor (person)
- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Rosalyn R. Dance — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-10-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100458D `introduction`
- **2018-10-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-02-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 147 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edd4064c-9ffa-417f-af9a-9e87e4db97d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).